Meat Nirvana: Blue Ribbon Bar-B-Q
Occasionally, here at The Butcher, we’re required to get down on our knees and pray before a spot so extraordinary, so exceptional, so thoroughly perfect, that it makes us remember why we bothered to...
View ArticleHog Pit Gets a Stay of Execution
Sort of. The Hog Pit on 9th Avenue did, in fact, shutter for good last week, and the relocated Hog Pit, across the street from Hill Country of all places, still sucks, but at least the venerated...
View Article“If it fits through the door, we will fry it.”
If only this were an ad for a real place. Spread the bloody truth.
View ArticleHats Off To Contextual Ads
We could have just pointed out this wikihow story on how to make a BBQ hat and apron. We could easily have suggested a few materials you could make your hat and apron out of. We could have said use...
View ArticleHill Country’s Feed Your Face Challenge done in by PEDs?
The Hill Country Feed Your Face Challenge ended this Sunday as the restaurant posted to its Twitter feed this weekend. The challenge (PDF) was to eat a full-on Hill Country feast in under 60 minutes...
View ArticleGrind Your Own
With Memorial Day, the official kickoff to summer barbecuing, right around the corner. Mark Bittman, writer of the popular Minimalist column for The New York Times, reminded readers of a column he...
View ArticleBest Part of ‘Lost’ Finale? The Barbecue Sauce Commercial
Now, people, we don’t much like the show Lost, and scratch our heads and make the excuse that we have to leave to continue marinating a skirt steak or something whenever someone tries to expound on the...
View ArticlePlaying With Fire: Primal Cooking in Napa
Ryan Farr couldn’t find his ribs. Basically an entire side of beef — grass-fed and dry-aged Highland beef courtesy of Long Meadow Ranch — either hadn’t arrived or had gone missing. Farr, of 4505...
View Article’Cuing At Facebook HQ
Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. sit on a sprawling grassy campus formerly occupied (and still owned by) HP. Behind the main building is a basketball court, which if today’s menu is any...
View ArticleThe Great Pulled Pork Debate
We’re not afraid to tackle the big questions here at The Butcher. Just such a question has recently arisen over what exactly is Pulled Pork? There are two sides that have been taken in this debate, and...
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